Petrie
Americannoun
noun
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For Manny Gutierrez and Lisa Loralei Petrie, the challenge is even more loaded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Petrie says that “we ultimately believe tariff noise will be addressed and BRP’s long-term brand value will prevail.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Petrie has already taken her campaign into Edinburgh's city chambers, where she won a standing ovation from councillors.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
To those viewers, she was indistinguishable from Laura Petrie, everybody’s favorite perky wife on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” and they couldn’t get over the thought of Laura divorcing Van Dyke’s charming, devoted Rob.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
A plaster cast of his face, taken immediately after death, has been found by Professor Petrie, and is an eloquent witness of what the man himself was like.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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